I don't remember now how we got onto the subject, but one day Teacher said that the palms of the black's hands were much lighter than the rest of their bodies because only a few centuries ago they walked around on all fours, like wild animals, so their palms weren't exposed to the sun, which made the rest of their bodies darker and darker. I thought of this when Father Christiano told us after catechism that we were absolutely hopeless, and that even the blacks were better than us, and he went back to this thing about their hands being lighter, and said it was like that because they always went about with their hands folded together, praying in secret. I thought this was so funny, this thing of the black's hands being lighter, that you should just see me now — I don't let go of anyone, whoever they are, until they tell me why they think that the palms of the black's hands are lighter. Dona Dores, for instance, told me that God made their hands lighter like that so they wouldn't dirty food they made for their masters, or anything else they were ordered to do that had to be kept quite clean.
were not clear to the black coz why ? there hands or palms are lighter than their rest of the body but we have six like an a character in the story that commented that palms of the black are lighter than their rest of their body
Teacher Said: They are walked around like an a wild animals.
Father ChristianoSaid: because they are always went to the chruch and about their hand folded together then they praying secred.
Donya Dores Said: Because they palms are lighter than the rest of their body because they no dirty the food that they made for their master or anything else they were ordered to that had to be kept quite,clean .
But the Mother Said :Because they palms are lighter than their rest of their body because god made blacks were had to be
